A strong magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck the province of Ilam in western Iran yesterday, injuring at least 250 people and causing extensive damage to buildings, Iranian media said.
The US Geological Survey, reporting the magnitude of the quake at 6.3, said it struck 36km southeast of the city of Abdanan, near the border with Iraq.
A federal judge has ruled that the NCAA can’t stop college football and basketball players from selling the rights to their names and likenesses, opening the way to athletes getting payouts once their college careers are over.
Even as President Barack Obama authorizes U.S.airstrikes against militants in Iraq, fears are rising that the fighters are advancing on Kurdish territory in the north of the country.
Ma Kettle is an arthritic senior Lab who walked 30 miles to try to get home -- onlyto be rejected by her former family once she arrived.
The dog had seen a country song's amount of sadness already. Ma Kettle's previous owner -- who called her Lady -- died in 2012, leaving her homeless. She was adopted out of the Chautauqua County Animal Shelter, in Kansas, but then given away again for not getting along with a new puppy.
KUNSHAN -- A massive explosion killed 68 people Saturday as it ripped through a factory in eastern China, officials said, as badly burned victims were rushed to local hospitals.
